Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Owner tells police he heard two of the cars being started up and saw them driven away from his home Wednesday morning.
Three luxury cars were reported stolen from a driveway in Cedar Grove early Wednesday morning, Police Chief Richard Vanderstreet said. A homeowner on Tiffany Court told police just before 8 a.m. he saw an Audi A4 pull into his driveway. He then heard his red 2012 Mercedes S550 and his silver 2006 Bentley Flying Spur being started and saw them driven away from his house followed by the Audi. The homeowner told police he later noticed a third car, a white 2012 Mercedes GL450, was also missing from his driveway. Tiffany Court is a quiet cul-de-sac of high-end homes near Mills Reservation and the border of Montclair. “As always, we would like to remind residents to remove the keys and properly lock and alarm their vehicles,” Vanderstreet …
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Robbery may be connected to other similar incidents in Essex County, according to authorities.
Three armed men robbed a Verona Subway Monday night in a manner similar to several other incidents in the area, according to the Essex County Sheriff's Office. Just before 11 p.m. Monday, three men pulled up in front of the Subway restaurant located at 45 Bloomfield Ave. in a while four-door sedan, Verona police said. The car, which was possibly a Toyota Camry with damage to the passenger side, parked on an angle facing the storefront. “Two of the males entered the store and immediately went behind the counter where they ordered the female employee down to the ground,” Verona Police said in a written statement. “They used white plastic zip ties and bound her hands behind her back and her feet.” Two of the men ordered the employee to open …
Georgios Spyropoulos was charged with conspiracy to commit murder after police said he tried to hire a hitman to kill his uncle, the owner of the famous Tick Tock Diner and The Grove catering hall.
The manager of the Tick Tock Diner charged with hiring a hitman to kill his uncle is free after posting $600,000 bail Tuesday, NorthJersey.com reported. Georgios Spyropoulos, 45, of Clifton, was charged with conspiracy to commit murder, attempt to commit murder and unlawful possession of a weapon in April. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. In an effort to advance himself financially, Spyropoulos hired a man who turned out to be a confidential informant for the state police, to kill his uncle Alexandros Sgourdos, co-owner of the famous Clifton Diner and The Grove catering hall. A trooper played a would-be assassin after authorities began investigating Spyropoulos. The trooper was told by Spyropoulos to make his uncle's body disappear, …
Monday, May 20, 2013
Police look to public for information on several car burglaries.
Police are urging residents to keep their cars locked as they investigate a string of car burglaries that hit Verona in the last week. On May 11, seven cars were burglarized on various streets throughout Verona, police said. “We definitely believe that the same people or person was responsible for the thefts in the area that night,” said Verona Chief of Police Douglas Huber. “Every once and a while towns get hit and every once and a while we get lucky and make an arrest.” Police are looking to the public for any information on any suspicious activity in the area of the burglaries. On May 11, police received a call of a burglary to a motor vehicle on Park Avenue at 9:09 a.m. The resident told police that the vehicle had been entered …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 34, charged with killing Joseph Galfy of Clark.
Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, dubbed "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker," was arrested Thursday evening at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Philadelphia by members of the Philadelphia Police Department, Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said. McGillvary has been charged with the murder of Joseph Galfy, Jr., 73, which allegedly occurred in Clark on May 12. McGillvary will be processed in Philadelphia and returned to New Jersey in the coming days. His bail was previously set at $3 million, and he will be lodged in the Union County Jail in Elizabeth, Romankow said. "I am grateful for the overwhelming response and dedicated effort by the public and law enforcement that led to this arrest," Romankow said. "I believe that everyone is a …
Cedar Grove Officials are researching massage parlor permits after five employees were arrested on prostitution charges.
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Thursday, May 16
The Cedar Grove Township Building Department and Health Department are looking to see if township ordinances were violated after several women were arrested on prostitution charges at four local massage parlors, according to Cedar Grove Chief of Police Richard Vanderstreet. According to a report published Thursday on NorthJersey.com, “In 2011, Cedar Grove updated an ordinance regulating massage parlors that mandated permits and barred sexual contact between employees and customers.” Township Construction Official John D'Ascensio and Vanderstreet have contacted the Essex County Prosecutor's Office to see whether the massage parlors have violated the rules, the report said. On Tuesday, May 14, 5 Queens, N.Y. women were arrested on alleged …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Five New York women were arrested in raid conducted by plainclothes police officers after receiving complaints of alleged prostitution, officials said.
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced the arrest of 5 Queens, N.Y. women on alleged prostitution charges Tuesday, May 14, but were unable to discuss the case in detail Wednesday, citing the continuing investigation. The five women were arrested from four different massage parlors all located in close proximity on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove. Police also seized approximately $2,400 in the raid, which was conducted by plainclothes officers, said Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas S. Fennelly, of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit. Arrested were: Yu Lanni, 42, at Zen Massage and Therapy, Neilan Xu, 49, at Spa Oasis, Xianyu Jin, 40, at Angel Spa, Jaeryeong Kimnam, 45, at Michelle Nails & Spa and Fenyu Piao, 41. …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Pair arrested on pot charges after a neighbor reported a suspicious activity.
Cedar Grove police arrested two people on Monday, May 7after a neighbor contacted them concerning suspicious activity at a nearby home. Police said a 20-year-old Verona man and a 15-year-old Cedar Grove youth were arrested when a resident told police a suspicious person had entered the neighbor’s backyard. When police arrived, they allegedly found the pair smoking marijuana. Police said the 15-year-old was in possession of two bags of marijuana — a larger bag of loose marijuana and a second larger bag that contained smaller bags of marijuana along with a number of empty smaller bags used for packaging marijuana. The 20 year old was in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police said, and possession of a controlled-dangerous …
Corey M. Bonn, 28, of Cedar Grove was arrested on Wednesday, May 8 at Cedar Grove CVS Pharmacy at 387 Pompton Ave.
Several weeks after being told he was not welcome in a local pharmacy, a Cedar Grove man was arrested May 8 for allegedly verbally abusing a pharmacy employee, Cedar Grove police said. Corey M. Bonn, 28, of Cedar Grove was arrested on a defiant trespass charge last Wednesday at CVS Pharmacy located at 387 Pompton Ave. Bonn allegedly entered the pharmacy and began verbally abusing a store employee, police said. “He had previously been informed he was not wanted on the premise due to his demeanor with the staff,” police said. Bonn was taken to police headquarters where he was processed and released pending a municipal court appearance.
The National Transportation Safety Board recommends reducing the limit. Some say it would save lives. Others say it's unreasonable.
One drink could be the standard for drunken driving – at least for some people if the National Transportation Safety Board has its way. On Tuesday, the NTSB recommended states lower the blood-alcohol threshold for driving under the influence from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent. What do you think? Is this a reasonable proposal? According to a 2011 Mothers Against Drunk Driving report, the latest available data shows New Jersey ranked 31st out of 51 states (including the District of Columbia) in drunken driving injuries and deaths. That year, there were 193 DUI fatalities, MADD said. About 10,000 deaths nationwide a year are related to drunken driving. The NTSB says the lower limit would save 500 to 800 lives a year. Officials at the American …
Mick
8:47 am on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
One thing is for certain - the perpetrators are not "men," as reported in this great literary piece.... more ›